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Market and positioning → member states → management cadence → governance and decision rights

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 5 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

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Organizations running it
11
Of their industry
5%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. People
    Member states
    in 91% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Management cadence
    in 100% of instances
    information
  4. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
People4
Secretariat and executive head
73%
8
Partnerships
64%
7
Customer service and support
45%
5
Org structure
27%
3
Process12
Norms and standards
73%
8
Production or delivery
64%
7
Hiring
64%
7
Country offices and field presence
45%
5
Lead generation
36%
4
Customer onboarding
36%
4
Product or service design
27%
3
Planning and scheduling
27%
3
Quality control
27%
3
Assessed contributions
27%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
27%
3
Evaluation and oversight offices
27%
3
Software1
Systems: tools and data
36%
4
Data2
Data management
73%
8
Reporting and dashboards
36%
4
Decisions6
Founding treaty and mandate
55%
6
Budgeting and forecasting
45%
5
Strategy and goals
45%
5
Resolutions and decisions
45%
5
Policies and culture
36%
4
Pricing
27%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

See Member
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

See Member
Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Governance and decision rights6 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 4 companies
  • Management cadence4 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 4 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Pricing2 findings
    Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 2 companies
  • Resolutions and decisions2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Secretariat and executive head2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Voluntary and earmarked contributions2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Data management1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people18%
  • 501-1000 people18%
  • 51-200 people9%
Region
  • Switzerland55%
  • Canada9%
  • Europe9%
  • Global9%
  • Indonesia9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

See Member